Improved instrument for removing- twine and wire from bottles



fulfill* Wiinesse: i" Inventor:

nient @wie JOHN `If.,IIAVILAND; 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Letters Patent'No. 104,453, dated J une 21, 1870.

IMPROVED INSTRUMENT FORIREMOVING TWINE AND WIRE FROM-BOTTLES.

` `To all Ichom. tmaly concern: l

. Beitknowngthat I, JOHN` T. HAvILANmfof the" city and county of Sau44 Francisco, State of California, have invented an Instrument' for Removing Wire andn Twine from Bottles; and Ido hereby declare that d the following is a full, clear, "and exact description of the same, referenceI being had toithe accompanying dxawing,and to the letters marked thereon.

` .anA improved instrument for cutting the wires or twine as will be fully described hereinafter. y

` Inthedrawingd i y l :Figures 1 and' 2 are elevations of an instrument embodying my improvements. r

Figure 3 is anelevatiouofthe pointed blade,

\ Figure 4, a transverse section' through thecurved i arms and `cutting-blades, on theline xy.

Like lettersrefer to likeparts.`

`Whichrit mcstnearly appertains to make and use my `and operation. i f

" `A are the curved arms,'providedwith handles B.

O is the brush, and i A 1 D, the `cutting-blades, d each arm, being hinged to lgthebladeE.l

rl`his invention has for itsobject the production 'of i by which corks `are secured'inI champagne and other bottles, andi consists in certaingdetails of construction,

invention, Iwillprocecd todescribe its construction` The Schedule referred to in these vLetters Patent and. making part of the same The blades D and E ,havel serrated edges,vlbut may be constructed with' smooth beveled edges, if prefel-red.. IThe blade E may' also be fixed to or form a .part of one of the curved arms, or the instrument may be made with only one of the 'blades D.

1t4 will be -seen by reference to figs. 2 and 4, that the inner` corners of the curved arms are beveled oii toward the cutting-edges.

lf desired, 'the curved armsrA may be connected together by fa single or double hinge without the pointed blade E.

, Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is d r `A wire-cutter, consisting -of curved arms A, with 2. In combination with-the above, the plate E, with serrated edged blade, as described,for the purpose set To enable others skilled in the art or science toV f forth.j Y

1n testimony'whereof 'I have hereunto set my hand and seal.`

i JOHN T. HAVILAND. [1.. s]

` -Witnessesz y I C. W. M.'SMITII, H. G; TIBBEY. 

